Railway-tie and fastener.



R. E. L. MAXE'Y.

RAILWAY TIE AND I'STENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1911. 1,026,81 6. Patented May 21, 1912.

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UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT EDWARD LEE MAXEY, 0F HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

BAILWAYTIE AND FASTENER.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWARD LEE MAXEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hot Springs, in the county of Garland and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Railway-Tie and Fastener, ofwhich the following is a specific-ation. f

rlhis invention relates to metallic railway ties and to fasteners foruse in securing rails thereto.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an all metal tiepresenting a broad bearing surface to the rails supported thereby andhaving clamping plates shiftable longitudinally into engagement with therails, these plates coperating with fixed jaws on the tie so as tosecurely hold the rails in position.

A further object is to provide improved means whereby the clampingplates can be held against displacement after being shifted to holdingpositions.

A further object is to provide means whereby longitudinal creeping ofthe rails upon the tie is prevented without, however, interfering withthe contraction and expansion of the rails due to climatic changes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without depart-ing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a tieembodying the present improvements, one of the clamping plates beingremoved. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the'parts shown in Fig. 1, railsbeing shown b'y dotted lines in position thereon. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section through one of the movable clamping plates andthrough the adjacent portion of the tie thereunder. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a portion of the clamping plate inverted. Fig. 5 isa longitudinal section through a portion of the tie and showing aspacing block in position therein. Fig. 6 is a detail view of thespacing block.

Referring to the figures by characters of Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 20, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Serial No. 634,362.

reference 1 designates a beam of substantially the same cross sectionalcontour as an ordinary rail, this beam extending throughout the lengthof the tie and having a rounded head 2, a web 3, and base flanges 4.Oppositely extending alining wings 5 are formed integral with the beamadjacent the ends thereof, each of these wings consisting of a head 6, aweb 7, and base flanges 8. The heads are of greater width than the basesof the rails A to be supported and the upper faces of the heads arepreferably in the same plane with the upper face of the head 2. A cleat9. is formed longitudinally along the heads of each pair of wings andthe working edge of the cleat is undercut, as indicated at 10, so as toreceive one of the base flanges of the rails A.

Formed within the head 6 of each wing adjacent that edge thereoffarthest removed from the cleat 9, is a key-hole slot 11, the slots inthe two alining heads being parallel but obliquely disposed. These slotsare designed to receive headed studs 12 extending downwardly from aclamping plate 13 the working edge of which is undercut, as indicated at14:. Said plate has a tooth 15 upon its lower face adjacent one end andadapted, when the plate is shifted longitudinally in one direction, toslip into a notch 16 formed in the upper face of one of the heads 6.Openings 17 and 18 are formed within the plate 13 and the notched head 6and are designed to register after the tooth 15 has sprung into thenotch 16.

A slot 19 is formed in the heads 6 directly over the web 2 and theseslots extend in the direction of the web and from the cleat 9 to pointsbetween the slots 11. Said slots are designed to receive spacing blocksor keys 2O having beveled ends.

When it is desired to secure rails to the tie, said rails are placed onthe heads 6 and shifted laterally so that portions of their base flangeswill project into engagement with the undercut portions 10 of the cleats9. Clamping plates 13 are then placed on the heads and the heads ofstuds 12 are inserted downwardly through the large ends or eyes of theslotsI 11. The plates are then driven longitudinally and the slots 11deflect the studs 12 and, c0nsequently, the plates 13 so that saidplates will move into engagement with the rails, the teeth 15, in themeantime, slipping into the I sired.

notches 16. A bolt, such as indicated at 21, can then be insertedthrough the registering openings 17 and 18 and will positively preventthe plates 13 from becoming disengaged from the heads 6 and thusreleasing the rails. The spacing plates or blocks 2() are not used inconnection with all of the ties but are only employed between the endsof adjoining rails. The spacing plates or blocks 20 are only to be usedin connection with certain of the ties and these plates extend upwardlybetween the rail ends so as to prevent the rails from creepinglongitudinally. The spacing plates can be spaced at any desiredintervals apart and one or more rails can be located between them. Byusing the bolts 21, the teeth 15 are prevented from springing out of thenotches but it is to be understood that under some conditions it may beunnecessary to utilize these bolts.

The entire tie may be made of steel or any other material desired and itwill be obvious that by utilizing the fastening means described therails can be securely held without the necessity of employing spikes,bolts and other parts likely to work loose.

Attention is called to the fact that the cleats 9, which are formedintegral with the tie, are oppositely disposed and that both of themengage the outer base flanges of the rails so that there is absolutelyno danger of the rails spreading apart after they have once beenattached to the tie.

It is to be understood that the spacing blocks 20 may be dispensed withif so dewWhat is claimed is 1. A metallic railway tie including a beamhaving a head, a web, and base flanges, wings extending laterallytherefrom adjacent the ends thereof, each Wing including a bearing head,a web and base flanges, said wings being disposed in pairs, the wings ofeach pair alining, railengaging elements integral with the heads ofthewings, clamping plates extending longitudinally of said heads andshiftable diagonally relative thereto, coperating means upon saidclamping elements and the heads for guiding said elements during suchmovement, and coperating means upon said elements and the heads forautomatically locking said elements against return movement.

2. A metallic railway tie including a beam, wings extending inoppositedirections therefrom and alining, each of said wings having a head,there being a rail engaging device integral with the heads, a railclamping element movably mounted on the heads and shiftable diagonallythereof, cooperating means upon said element and the heads for guidingthe element during such movement, and coperating means upon said elementand one of the heads for automatically locling said element againstmovement in the opposite direction.

3. A metallic railway tie including a beam, wings extending in oppositedirections therefrom and alining, each of said wings having a head,there being a rail engaging device integral with the heads, a railclamping element movably mounted on the heads and shiftable diagonallythereof, cooperating means upon said element and the heads for guidingthe element during such movement, coperating means upon said element andone of the heads f or automatically locking said element againstmovement in the opposite direct-ion, and means for clamping said elementupon the heads to hold said locking means against separation.

4. A metallic railway tie including a beam, oppositely extending aliningwings thereon, said wings having alining heads, a rail engaging deviceintegral with the heads, a movable `rail engaging element mounted onsaid heads, means for vguiding said element vdiagonally during itsmovement, means forlocking said element against movement in onedirection, and a spacing device interposed between said element and thefixed rail engaging device.

5. A metallic railway tie including a beam, oppositely extending aliningwings having heads, a rail engaging device integral with the heads, arail engaging device movably mounted on the heads, there being a slotwithin the tie and between and perpendicular to said rail engagingdevices, and a spacing element removably seated within the groove andretained 4by said devices.

6. A metallic railway tie including a beam, oppositely extending aliningwings having heads, a rail yengaging device integral with the heads,ayrail engaging device movable diagonally along the heads, coperatingmeans upon said movable device and the heads for guiding said deviceduring such movement, coperating means upon said movable device and oneof the heads for automatically locking said device against movement inone direction, said device be-y ing movable in the opposite direction tobind upon a rail, there being a slot within the tie and between saiddevices, and a spacing device removably seated within the slot andretained therein by said devices.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT EDWARD LEE MAXEY.

Witnesses: I

F. W. VAUGHAN, H. P. CHAPPELL.

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